From Evan Moffitt’s article ‘Gabriel Massan’s Games of Reefs and Rain’, published at Frieze:

“Debuted as an immersive video installation at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, ‘Continuity Flaws: Rumors of a Leak’ was co-commissioned by Serpentine Arts Technologies and Tono, the Mexico City-based festival of moving image and performance art. On six screens of differing sizes and shapes appear a randomized selection of digital animations corresponding to a video game, playable on the digital platform Steam. Colourful, spindly creatures resembling sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle traverse a dreamworld of archipelagos suspended in a stormy grey void that recalls floating land masses from the computer game Myst (1993). Glittering plants, rocks and waterfalls without visible sources form a literal cloud forest, an Amazon in the air. An electronic score by musicians Agazero and Lyzza amplifies its ethereal ambience. Within the ur-grottoes, players encounter spirits who hold their precious ecosystems together. Leaks can threaten the world’s balance – if players choose to steal magical tokens for their own selfish gain – or nourish it, like the game-world’s endless rain.”